Stocking-supporter.



Nb. 645,748f v Patented Mar. 20,4900.

-J. A. HUDSON.

STOCKING SUPPORTER.

A licatio'n filed Nov. 24, 1899.)

( No Model.)

' UNITED STATES 1 Tricia PATENT JAMES A. HUDSON,

STOKlNG-SUPPORTER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.645,?8, dated lvlfarch 20, 1906.

Application filed November 24, 1899. Serial No. 73 8,180. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A HUDSON, a citisen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DuplexStocking-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

The improvements in garment-supporters, as duplex stocking-supporters,forming the subject of invention, consist of a novel form of hookattached to or forming part of the supporting connection-piece andadapted to be engaged with a loop-and-stud fastener of a corset in suchmanner that when applied in operative position the accidentaldisplacement of the hook from the corset-fastener will be prevented. Thehook of the supporting connection-piece, which constitutes the mainfeature of this invention, has its open limb or tongue extendedlaterally from the body portion in such fashion that when the hook isplaced in position through the loop or eye of the corset-fastener thislateral extension will lie beneath the shank of the corset-fastenerstud, thus preventing the hook from rising vertically in the eye or loopwhen the supporting connection-piece is in pendent position and soforminga perfect lock against the separation of the supporting devicefrom the corset.

The construction of the hook of the device is such that connection withthe corset may be made after the corset is applied and properly fastenedon the body of the wearer 'or before the parts of the corset-fastenerare placed together.

To fully describe the construction of my invention, I will refer to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents my improvedgarmentsupporting device and the lower part of a corset to which it isattached. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1,showing the hook in position in the loop of the corsetfastener. Fig. 3is a side elevation of the supporting connection-piece, and Fig. 4 is amodification of the supporting connectionpiece.

The metal part of the supporting connection-piece may be made of wire orsheet metal,

having the suspension-hook at its upper part and formed at its lower forconnection to the garmenfisupporting clasps or devices. It is shown ata, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, as consisting of a piece of wire, preferablyflattened at its upper part, which is bent into hook form Z), the openlimb or tongue of the hook being extended laterally to form theretention-bar c. The bar 0 may be curved, as shown at Figs. 1 and 4, toinsure the retention of the hook in locked position. As shown in Fig.1-, the piece a is bent at its lower part, so as to provide for thesecure connection thereto of the fabric covering (1, which at its lowerend is connected to the webbings e e of the garment-supporters, hereshown as a pair of stocking-supporters. lower edge of the piece cl isprovided with a loop 2' for connection to other part or parts ofgarments orto other articles casually or periodically worn.

At Fig. at the supporting connection device is shown formed of a pieceof sheet metal j, with the hook I) and lateral extension retention-bar 0formed as in the other construction described, the lower end of thepiece j being provided with slots is for the attachment to the pieces jof the webbings e e of the sup porters. These devices having the hooksb, with the extension retention-bars 0, may be attached to the loop f ofthe fastener of the corset h either before or after the loop is placedover the stud g, the hook being slipped into the loop sidewise, so thatthe retention-bar a will pass beneath the stud g when the hook I) ispassed into the loop f after the parts of the corset-fastener are lockedtogether and when the supporting connecting device a is in pendentposition, or the stud 9 will slip over the extension 0 of the hook whenthe loop f is placed over the stud g, with the hook already placed inthe loop f. It will be seen that with the retention-bar 0 extendingunder the stud g, as shown at Fig. 1, the hook b will be securely lockedin the loop f, but may be readily removed therefrom by such a manipula-The central part of the tion of the device, the like of which cannot 1occur by movements of the body or clothes of the wearer, when thesupporting connection is properly applied to the corset, as to releasethe hook from the loop f.

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The piece j of Fig. 4 may, for ornamental or protective purposes, becovered by a suitable fabric or may be left uncovered, as desired.

I claim as my invention 1. A garment-supportingconnection device,comprising a hook at its upper part adapted to be passed through andengage with the loop or eye of a corset-clasp and having a lateralextension arranged to lie beneath the stud of the corset-clasp when saidconnection device is in normal operating position, and so prevent itsaccidental displacement; and provisions at its lower part for attachmentthereto of garment-supporters.

2. In a duplex stocking-supporter, the combination with the clasps andwebbings for a pair of stockings, of a suspension connection-piecehaving loops at its lower end for the attachment of the Webbingsthereto, and a hook at its upper part formed to engage with the loop oreye of the clasp of a corset and having a lateral retention extension arranged to lie beneath the stud of the corsetclasp, for the purpose setforth.

3. In a garment-supporter, the combination of a corset having aloop-and-stud fastener; a suspension connection-piece having a hook atits upper part with a laterally-extending point adapted to hook into theloop of the fastener of the corset with the lateral extension of thehook lying beneath the shank of the stud so as to retain the hook in thefastenerloop, and supporting connections for garments, as a pair ofstocking-supporters, secured to the suspension connection-piece.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 11th day of November, A. D. 1899.

JAMES A. HUDSON.

Witnesses:

JAs. L. BARGER, WILLIAM J. BYRNE.

